3.7.3
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.7.3
आरादपीति चेत्
ārādapīti cet
The line
If you say that in ārādapīta (आरादपीत), then.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 3. Śeṣa (शेष), the subsidiary. How you tell what serves a rite and what the rite serves. The line is short. sarveṣāṃ (सर्वेषां) from 3.7.2 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: ārādapīti (आरादपीति) + cet (चेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ārādapīti (आरादपीति) | locative singular, or nominative singular | ārādapīta (आरादपीत) |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
The phrases
ārādapīti (आरादपीति) is ārādapīta (आरादपीत). It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular.
cet (चेत्) is if you say, if. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
ārādapīti (आरादपीति) is locative singular, or nominative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ārādapīti (आरादपीति).
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3.7.4. Not a compound: that, and a sentence. Because of because it is for the sake of that.